Planetary transmission mechanism



Sept. 2, 1930. R. HENIN 1,774,831

PLANETARY TRANSMISSION IEGHANISI Filed March 14, 1929 Pa t ented Sept. 19.30

ii i i present invention relates to adifieren-n tial planetary transmission me ch'anism; which is to beappl ed forinstance, to travelv ling cranes and slmllarrdevices, and more par '5 ticularly to the transmission mechanisms of thekind having afirst planetary pinionor V pinionsmeshing with a sun piniondriven by.-

' thedriving shaft and-with a first rotatable,

circular, internally -toothed crown, driven by driving means independent of the said" driv-fl ing shaft, and a second planetary: pinion or pinions integral with k orrigid-1y. secur'ed.--to the first planetary pinion or pinions l and f meshing with a second Trotata'ble, .cir'cul'ar; V a 1 5 toothed crownadaptedto transmit its rotary movement 'tosthe driven shaftrLSuch difiier- .ential transmission mechanisms thus com-Y; prise two separate: motors and theyallowof increasing ad infinitum theratio. of the speed I -v ofthe driving shaftto the-speed ofthe driven shaft, the variation being obtained bymodi-f' fying' the relation between thecdiameters of I thep'lanetary pinion orl -pinio'ns of the-first set and the planetary pinioni-or epinions of the driving-shaft will notltrans'mitany move;-

men t to'the driven shaft; when the planetary pinions oft-both setshavethesamediameter;. ,1 -';'Such,difierentia1 aplaneta'ryfl transmission a; #0 mechanisms are thusuof the? greatest use .in travellingcranes .or similar" devices,which a have to work with variousloads; I oftenicom: prised between twoe very wide Qapartflimits'. 5 :Not only. do such. mechanlsms enabletravelf of the craneswith thegreat'est possible af'ccuQ racy and efliciency. f The object o'f -th' nvention isf-to-construct' such differential?mechanisms,' so a's -to; make them as fstrong and-reliable} as possible and capable of" resisting any; strain; orv 'efi'orts, f whether applied gently or suddenly, and'tliis I strongerfand i -moreir resistant, differential mechanisms; according ;,to l the .infiventl,on?v are 'lalsoimoreconipacti andtakeup'less roomhan i 7 p p p v :secured tofthefianged'disci 5 :Thej 4 disc 5 iisn1ade integral withithe dr ven sh aft; 9

- difi'erenti-al mechanismsof-known-typezf'.4

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ampl'eQin order that the. invention maybe device; according toFig. g1 andtheirireal and 'drivenan electric motor}; transmits its' U 'movement to a centralor sun-iplnion meshasleeve loose upon the shattQ as show n in 70 1the 'exampleillustrated in Fig. 1, ;0r furtherQ, V mounted in any other sway. kThe intermediate pinions. 2 mesh. with an internally toothed suitable vgnti-friction bearing,- suchfas, .for instance, two amply-lubricatedbronze The crown iis'also toothed-externally'andi- Q l mesheswith a spur gear 10, mounted jons'o a ishafif 14 parallel} to" the shaft: 2" and Jor central fpinion "vvillfbe normally fleft ling. cranes ,ito have; a very greatji r ange of speeds, but they allow of controlling-working i cast in; one piece therewith. 'Iniithe example;

illustratedinthe drawingkthe1aXis; 2 Will*' '-*be.common to both-pinionsQandfii'ahdw l without,diminishingtheir efficiency or reducing their. rangev of fs'peedsli jBesides being I '1 sl1ait'5 5-;The; intermediatepinion 5 1nesh es with an Ji-nternally; toothedjcrown 1911f outer describedihereafter, of-ex clearlyjunclerst'ood, and reference will behad to the, accompanying drawing, inwhich Fig.1 1 is a sectionalele'vation viewof a form of construction ofthe invention; p a FigJ-Q-is a front View; showing in diar grammatic Way two planetary gears of the relative displacements. 1 Wlthlre'ference to Figpl theshaft 2 ing with a number ,of-idlers or. intermediate 7 or planetary pinions W, the axis 2 ofwhich is supportedxonzone -ofits ends hyaaldisc" 2 F, whichn ay be eitherloosely mounted on the shaft 12%; orbe looselymounted; with tilefill- V V terpositionot an' anti-friction bearing Q on rotatablecrown or outer element 3, supported 1 rings 9,.fittingin groovesofthe crown 3'and V secured to the cas ng 13 of the mecharusm;

driven by' 'a secondmotor. Inflthe s'econd planetary or hypocyclic {trai-n,the suni out and the 'IDOVGliiBlIih I of a the interme 7 diate element-'2? oi the first'tr'ain will she ai directly transmitted to the intermediates 1 element or pinion 5" ofthe second train, v V wh ch plnlon 5 W1llbelntgralW-Ehbr I1gld i 11y secured to thepinion 2*, andmay even be pp fi d'at its end-remote,ifrom'thdisc 2E byl'a disc4211008615;m u t o ed ivel c elementel 2 which, is integral with or rigi'dl ion 5*.

5 by any suitable means, such as, for instance, a key, in such away that the disc 5 transmits to the drlven shaft the movement which 1t rece ves from the intermediate pin- The ratio between the speed transmitted by the shaft 2? and thespeedreceived by the shaft 5*, assuming the toothed crown 3 to be stationary, s a function of the ratio. of

the respective diameters of crowns 3 and 12,

or moreaccurately, of the ratiobetween the Jrespectiv'e ratios ofthe peripheral rotation train about their axis, ,to,, the circulation jview of two intermediatepinions and shows speeds, of the intermediate pinions of each speeds of the. contact points between the intei'mediate pinions V and the toothed crowns about the axisof-the planetary gear. sets, so that-{if the diameters of the crowns and,

therefore, the diameters of the intermediate pinions are equal, the driven shaft 5 will not receive any movementfrom the driving --Fig; 2 illustrates a'diagrammatic front the, path of these, and'also how the movement'of the intermediate pinion 2" s transmitted to the toothed crown 12.

In this drawing, a designates the distance between the axis 2" andtheaxis 2of the intermediate p1n1ons;- designates the radlus' of pinion2", and r the radius of pinion 5*.

Assumingthe crown 3' to be stationary and considering a displacement of. the intermej diate pinion 2lsuch that this pinion has rotated-about itsown axis of an-angle e, the

contact point between said intermediate pin-V ion and: the toothed-crown 3' will have described an arc and thef. intermediate pinion will have rotated about the axis 2' i a +r ofanangle The intermediate pinion which'moves in tegrally with the pinion 2?, will thus'have rotated about its own axis during this time of an ,equal'anglea and will haverotated about.theaXis2 of an equal angle on.

The' relative angular displacement, however,-{of the, intermediate pinion '5" to the toothed crown 12 will have been of an angle the result of this is that the angu- .is'placement of thecrown 12' willhave result' of this islthat', according to r being 1 greater,sma1ler,or-.equal to 4,1; will also be greater,smalier'or equal to a, and thecrown 7 V V. shaft 2" or'ln the opposite Cl1I'QCt1,Qn,OI' Wlll 12g-will rotate in thesamedirection as the not'rotateat allfj -Now, when a; rotary 'inovement I about its .iaxisis imparted-'- to thetoothed crown 3,'this movement;multiplied by: an appropriate coefficient of reduction, will be superimposed in a positive or negative way to the rotation speed of the crown 12, as the case may be.

It will thus be possible to modify the ratio of the speed transmitted by the driving shaft .to the speed received by the driven shaft, either by modifying theratio of thediameters of the respective toothed crowns, or by modifying the relative speeds of the two electric motors.

In'order to equili'brate the forces acting upon the sets, one end of the driven shaft and the adjoining end'of the driving shaft are connected bya ball bearing. 11, or by an antifriction bearing or any other suitable device. Iclaim: 1 1. A transmission.mechanism comprising a driving and a driven shaft, a. sun gear mounted to rotate with saiddriving shaft, a set of planet wheels meshingwith said sun gear, a second set of planet gears adapted to the outer 'toothed'surface of the crown in mesh with the planet wheel's of-the first set, grooves-in :said last-mentioned crown, bear.-

ings accommodated in said grooves andconsisting'of two stationary rings-f white {V i V. I 1 x5: 71 2. A transmission mechanism comprising a driving and adriven shaft, asunfgear mounted to rotate wih'said' driving shaft, a set'of planet wheelsmeshing with said sun 1 gear, a'second set of planet wheels adapted to move integrally with theplanet wheels of the first set, an inwardly toothed crown meshing with the planet wheelsof the:sec-

0nd set,means to transmit the rotary movement of this crownto the driven shaft, an outwardly and inwardly toothed crown mesh ing with the planet wheels: of thefirst' set, the inner and outer. toothed: surfaces: of this crown being opposite one another, a spur gear meshing with the outer toothed surface of the crown in mesh with the. planet-wheels of the first set, grooves formed :in-said last.- mentioned crown, bearings accommodated" in rings having a T -shaped cross section made of white'metal' and fixed to" thewcasing'of the mechanism. I

3.'A transmission mechanism comprising coaxial driving and driven shafts, a: sun gear on the driving shaft; a set-of planet gears meshing withv saidsun 1' gear, :a second set. of

planet gears, "both sets :being supported by a unitary carrier, an: orbit gear meshing; with the second-set of planet gears and adapted to ing comprising. a cylindrical body and; caps forming bearings for the driving and driven shaftsnrespectively, the cylindrical body and the driving shaft side ea providing juxta posed, circular seatings or the" orbit 'gean T having internal andexter'n'al teeth and jux taposed cylindrical extensions for housing the spui gear.

In testimony whereof I signed hereiinto. I RENE HENIN. 

